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Josiah Snell Copeland 



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vi. Introduction 2 

't. Genealog-y Guild 3 

;;^ Howard S 

^ Snell 10 

History and Genealogy .. 11 

Leonard 12 

Copeland 18 

Josiah Snell Copeland .. .22 
Guild " ...23 

Foster " ...24 

Alfred Thomas " ...25 
Eleanor Foster " . . .26 
Martha Hoge " . . .27 

Foster " Jr.. 28 

Henry Howard " ...2*) 
Katharine Leonard " ...30 
Marjory Bremner " ...31 
Henry Howard " Jr. .32 
Guild Anderson " ...33 
Mable " ...34 

Sarah Foster " ...35 

Earl Percy " ...36 

Corrilla " ...37 

Elijah PL Lewis 38 

Charles B. " 39 

Harry Norton " 40 

Hettie Olive " 41 

Mortimer Wilson. .. . ..42 

May Copeland 43 

?:dith Russell 44 

Laura Copeland 45 

Georgia L. Watts 4(> 

Frances Louise " 47 




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Edith Olive Watts. . 
Princess Irene " .. 
John Richard " Jr 

Edith Copeland 

Leila Norton " .... 
Gerald Percy Smith.. 
Genevieve " .. 

Howard Copeland . . . 
Ploward Darlington Cope 

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Sue Darlington Copeland 

Howard 

Josiah Carey 

Lawrence Gibbon " 

Anna Laura " 

Katharine Godman " 

Arthur Percy 

Arthur (reorge 

Ruth 

George Doddridge 

Alice Katharine 

Henry Guild 

Gladys Kise 

Henry Guild 

Katharine Leonard 

Elijah 

Elijah Percy 

Alice 

Grace 

Margaret Eloisc 

Eloise Amanda 

Charles Baker 

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The following is copied from the manuscripts of 
Mrs. Katharine Guild, wife of Josiah Snell Copeland, 
from papers found after her death and burial. 

To My Children: — Living remote from your natural 
ancestors and relations, and the time may come when 
you will wish to know something of your ancestors, and 
no one may be living to give you that knowledge which 
is now in my power to give you, parti}' from records and 
partly from memory of what my mother has taught me, 
she being very well versed in Genealogy. I don't sup- 
pose that at the present time 3'ou feel much interested in 
this document, but when "Hoar-frost, the winter of age," 
has whitened your locks like mine, the mind turns back 
upon the past, to the gleeful days of childhood, to the 
rose tinted hours of youth, to middle age the heat and 
burthen of the day. Then we gradually come to look 
back on the road we have traveled, we look beyond. 
We would know something of those who have preced- 
ed us. I do not believe there is any one living who does 
not feel the better for knowing that there is no stain on 
his famil}' escutcheon which would call a blush on his 
own cheek, or his children's after him. I wish my child- 
ren to know that their ancestry were worthy and respect- 
able. I wish you to preserve this feebly written record, 
if not valued for any other reason, but because it was 
written by your mother in the 70th year of her age, with 
a weak and trembling hand, March 16, 1867. 

(Signed) Katharine Copeland 



"Lo all grow old and die. But see, upon the falter- 
ing footsteps of decay, youth presses and the great 
Miracle Life goes on.''' 

GENEALOGY GUILD 

Guild is an honorable name. I have never known 
or heard of one bearing the name a drunkard, profane 
swearer, or convicted of a crime. 

Samuel Guild, who is believed to be the founder of 
the Guild family in America, settled in Dedham, Mass. 
His name as one of the proprietors, is on the record there 
previous to it»47- ^Y ""^'eat grandfather, Nathaniel 
Guild, settled in Walpole, an adjoining town. He own- 
ed a furnace during the Revolution, and cast shot and 
shell for the Americans. He had a brother and a sister. 

The sister married a Coney. Her son, Judge Coney, 
was among the early settlers of Augusta, Maine, and 
probably the founder of the Coney family there, one ot 
whom was lately governor of Maine. 

My grandfather married Mary Borden. They had 
four daughters and two sons. 

Mollie married Amos Plympton and settled in 
Medfield. 

Mercy married Ebenezer Hewins and lived in 
Sharon. 

Susanna married Col. Morse of the Revolutionary 
army, lived in Sharon until the death of her husband, 
then went to reside with her children in Roxberry, where 



— 4— 

her numerous descendants still reside. 

Mahetable lived single, and died at my father's 
Feb. 7, 1816. 

Nathaniel, eldest son, married Rebecca Curtis. 
They had five sons and two daughters. 

Nathaniel and Herman remained at the old home- 
stead. 

Samuel went to Roxberry, married a wealthy lady 
named Mears, was president of a bank and a millionaire. 

James I know nothing of. 

Chester lives in Boston, and has accumulated a 
large fortune in the leather business. His son, Curtis 
Guild, is proprietor of the Boston Commercial Bulletin. 

Rebecca married Joseph Hartshorn. 

Mary I know nothing of. 

My grandfather died September 1796. 

Samuel Guild, my father, studied medicine with 
Doctor Dagget, of Medheld. Settled in Easton in 1768. 
He practiced medicine 45 years. He was an assistant 
surgeon in the army of the Revolution, and when at 
home was one of the Committee of Safety, and slept 
nightly with two loaded muskets at the head of his bed. 
He raised a liberty pole at the corner of his home, which 
he was called on one night to defend from the Tories of 
his neighborhood. Their warm reception caused them 
to retire with the British army. In later years he was 
judge of the Court of Sessions in Bristol county, was a 
Justice of the Peace at the time of his death, and for 20 



— 5— 
successive years previous. He died May 9, 18 16, aged 
70 years. In 1770 he married Elizabeth Furgeson for 
his tirst wife, a lad}' of Irish descent. The children of 
this marriage were: 

Mary, born March 1772. 

Samuel, born July 19th, 1774. 

James, born April 17th, 1780. 

Susannah, born October 29th, 1782, died 1783. 

Elizabeth, born 1778. 

His wife died August 20, 1784, at the birth of a 

son. A line on her tomb stone reads: 

Her babe from harm 
Sleeps on her arm. 

On February 17, 1786, he married for his second 
wife Katharine Leonard (my mother), born 1757. 

Their first child, Martin, born December 20, 1786, 
died March 20, 1801. 

Katharine, second child, born November 4, 1788, 
and died June 14, 1791. 

Nathaniel, born February 24, 1791. 

Lusannah, born August 27, 1792. 

Katharine (myself), born October 14, 1797. 

My mother died Januar}' 6, 1837, in the 80th 3'ear 
of her age. 

Mary married Calvin Brett. They had seven child- 
ren, resided in Easton, and died there in 1844. But few 
of her children survived her. 

Samuel was educated a ph3'sician, married Vesta 
Howard, of Easton, lived the last ten years of his life in 



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Hartford county, Maryland, and died in 1821. Had no 
children. 

Elizabeth married Church Williams, of Easton, 
went to Augusta, Maine. They had seven children. 
Three only lived to be 2 i years of age. She died in 1863. 

James Guild married Abby Copeland, (aunt of J. S. 
C.) She died in 1809 leaving three children. 

Charlotte, the eldest, married George Barrell, of 
East Bridgewater. 

Almira married Doctor Reynard Randall, of North 
Rehobeth, (she being his second wife). 

Martin was 3 months old when his mother died. 
He married Nancy Bacon, of New Bedford. Both died 
young, leaving two orphan daughters, Helen and Abby. 

Helen married Tucker, of Stoughton. 

Abby married David A. Carter, of Pittsburg, Penn- 
sylvania. 

James married for his second wife, widow Elizabeth 
Williams Edson. They had two sons and one daughter. 

The sons died without issue. 

Daughter Abby married John Curtis. They had 
one child living in Maine. 

James died aged 73 years. 

Nathaniel, (my brother,) married Harriett Perry, 
daughter of Doctor James Perry, of Easton. Their 
children are: 

Harriett, who married Daniel B. Wheaton, of 
Easton. 



— 7— 

Lavoise N. married Hannah Tufts and lives in 
Sedalia, Missouri. Has two daughters. 

Lusannah married and resides at Newton near 
Boston. 

Katharine has been twice married. 

Lusannah, (my sister,) married Ehjah Howard. 
She died September 30,1818, leaving two sons,Jason Guild, 
and Frederick William, (father to Theo. N. and Arthur 
Howard.) A daughter in her 4th year, named Katha- 
rine Leonard, died ten days previous to her mother's 
death. 

Jason G. Howard married Martha Bartlett, daugh- 
ter of Benjamin Bartlett, May 10, 1838. Their child- 
ren are: 

Lydia Parker, born August 19th, 1840, died Oct. 
15th, 1881. 

David Webster, born July 5, 1843. 

Emmogene Bartlett, born November 22, 1845. 

Jason G. Howard, died 1885. 

Frederick William Howard married Lucinda, 
daughter of Alvin Copeland. They are the parents of 
Theo N. and Arthur Howard. 

Frederick W. Howard, died April 1896 

His wife Lucinda, died January ist, 1893. 

Theo. N. Howard died November 6th, 1889. 

Arthur Howard, died . 

Katharine (myself), married Josiah Snell Copeland, 
August 27, 18 18. (See Copeland.) 



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HOWARD 

John Howard came from England and settled in 
Bridgewater in 1643. Was one of the original propriet- 
ors of the town, (8 miles square.) He was a man of 
great influence. His son, Jonathan, had six sons, viz: 
Ebenezer, Joshua, Abiel, Henry, Jonathan and Seth. 

Ebenezer (was my great grandfather) resided in 
Bridgewater. Born in 1700, and died 1786. He married 
Katharine Dean. They had two daughters. 

Silence married Eliphalet Leonard (my grandfather.) 

Mahetable married Libeas Fobes. 

Joshua married Susannah Hayward, and had four 
daughters. Lived in Easton. 

Thankful, the eldest, married William Brett. Her 
son Calvin, married my eldest sister, Mary Guild. 

Melinda married Joshua Williams. Her son, Joshua, 
died in Easton in 1864, aged 95 years. His daughter, 
Matilda, married Sanford Howard. 

Sarah married Prentice, and went to Al- 
bany, N. Y. (Those celebrated Prentice farms near 
Albany are owned by her descendants.) 

Dr. Abiel Howard, a graduate of Harvard College, 
married Silence, daughter of Nehemiah and Jane Wash- 
burn, 

Their daughter Silence married Dr. Philip Bryant, 
of North Bridgewater, Mass. They had a large and 
talented family, some of whom were natural poets. 

Their eldest son Dr. Peter Bryant married a daugh- 



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ter of Ebenezer Snell and settled in Cummington, Mass., 
where his son, William CuUen Bryant, the poet, was 
born November 3rd, 1794. 

John Howard married Mercy Forbes and were the 
parents of Roland and Vesta Howard. 

Roland is the father of Sanford Howard. 

Vesta was the wife of my brother, Samuel Guild. 

Henry married Mary Howard. His son Elijah 
married Keziah Hayward. (Grandfather and grand- 
mother to J. S. Copeland.) 

Her sister, Sophia, married General Benjamin 
Tupper, (one of the original pioneers that settled Mar- 
ietta, Ohio, on the 7th of April, 1788 — all males — their 
wives and children landed in Marietta, the last of July, 
same year, they having their log cabins to enter. 

Doctor Lincoln Goodale, who died at Columbus, 
Ohio, on April 29, 1868, aged 87 years, was one of those 
children, then 7^/^ years old. 

The sons of Benjamin and Sophia Tupper, of Gali- 
polis, Col. Anselem and General Edward Tupper have 
honorable mention in the annals of Ohio, as also Doctor 
Leonard Goodale, who was a surgeon in General Hull's 
army at Detroit, when Hull surrendered his whole com- 
mand. 

Elijah and Keziah had three sons and live daughters. 
They lived in Easton. 

Keziah married Adonijah White. Her numerous 



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descendants reside in Easton, Boston, New York and 
elsewhere. 

Patty died smgle. 

Irene, your grandmother, married Elijah Copeland. 
They had Sophia, Josiah Snell, (your father) and Alvin. 

Phebe married Roland Howard, grandson of John 
and father of Sanford Howard. 

Olive married Simeon Leonard, of Manstield. 

Elijah married for his first wife, my sister Lusannah. 
His second wife was Fidelia Williams, a sister of Church 
Williams, who married my sister Elizabeth. His sec- 
ond wife left two sons, Davis William and Elijah Nor- 
man, the last dying soon after his mother. His third 
wife was Nancy Johnson, by whom he had seven more 
children, only three now living. 

Edwin married Lucy Brett, daughter of Calvin 
Brett Guild. She died leaving two children. 

Sarah married Elipalet Smith Howard. 

Edwin Dwelly married Julia White. 

Ethan married Julia Howard. Both now dead. 

Seth married Mary Ames. A daughter married 
an Ames; another married a Snell. 

SNELL 

Thomas Snell settled in West Bridgewater in 1665. 
He was probably the largest land holder in the town and 
some portions of it still bear his name, Snell's Plains, 
SnelFs Meadows, etc. He married Martha, daughter of 



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Arthur Harris, and had Thomas 167 1, fosiah 1674 and 
four other sons and three daughters. 

Thomas married and had Betty 1705, also two sons. 

Betty married Jonathan Copeland 1723. See Cope- 
land. 

Josiah married Ann, daughter of Zechariah Alden, 
of Duxbury, 1699 and liad Josiah 1701, Zechariah 1704 
and one daughter. 

Josiah married Abigail, daughter of John Fobes, 
1728 and had Riioda 1743, also three daughters and 
three sons. 

Rhoda married Elijah Copeland, son of Jonathan 
and Betty (Snell) Copeland, 1765. See Copeland. 

Dea Zechariah married Abii^-ail, dauo-hter of Dea 
Joseph I lay ward, 1731 and had Ebenezer 1738, also 
three daughters and two sons. 

Ebenezer married Sarah, daughter of Capt. Abiel 
Packard, 1764, a daughter married Dr. Peter Bryant 
and who was mother of Wm. CuUen Bryant the Poet, 
who was born November 3, 1794. 

HISTORY AND GENEALOGY 

Richard Williams, (said to be a near relative of 
Cromwell) came from Glasmorganshire, Wales, in i<')37. 
Became one of the original purchasers of Taunton, pur- 
chased of the Indians in 1637, his name being second on 
the list of purchasers. He married Frances Dighton, of 
Somersetshire, England. One of the several towns set 



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off from Taunton purchased, was called Dighton, in her 
honor. 

Katharine, her sister, married Governor Thomas 
Dudley, of Masschusetts. She was mother of General 
Joseph Dudley, and grandmother of Paul Dudley, Chief 
Justice of Massachusetts. 

Elizabeth, the 7th child of Richard Williams, mar- 
ried John Bird, of Dorchester, Mass. 

Their daughter, Katharine Bird, married Israel 
Dean, and their daughter, Katharine Dean, married 
Ebenezer Howard. 

Their daughter Silence, married Eliphalet Leonard, 
of Easton. 

Their daughter Katharine Leonard (my mother) 
married Doctor Samuel Guild, of Easton. 

Their daughter, Katharine, married Josiah Snell 
Copeland. 

Their daughter, Katharine Leonard, married Henry 
Clay Godman, (both natives of Ohio). 

LEONARD 

In the history of Massachusetts it is recorded that 
in 1652 James and Henry Leonard came from Wales, 
where they had extensive iron works, to I'aunton, and 
built the first forge, and made the first iron made in 
America, in what is now called Raynham. 

Henry removed to New Jersey. 



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James was the founder of the numerous Leonards 
in Taunton, Raynham, Norton, etc. 

History says these Leonards claim descent from 
Leonard "Lord Dacre," one of the most distintruished 
famihes in the United Kingdom, in two Hues from Ed- 
ward the Third, the Duke of Lancaster, and Thomas 
Duke of Gloucester. About the close of the last century 
the last Lord Dacre died without children. 

Notice was publicly given to the descendants of 
James Leonard, that they could claim title. A meet- 
ing of the Leonards was held, and decided that the 
Hon, Judge George Leonard, of Norton, might claim 
title, he being the 4th in regular descent Irom James. 
The judge replied, he "would rather be Lord of broad 
acres in America, than Lord Dacres in England." He 
was then the Lord of numerous broad acres, and lived 
in the Old English st^le, with his park of deer, tenantr}', 
mills, etc. 

No one claiming the title and estate, it reverted to 
Lady Dacres and her sister, Mrs. Bowen, the wealthiest 
lady in the commonwealth. She died in 1850; Judge 
Leonard in 18 19. 

About 45 years since, the descendants of James 
Leonard were informed that the mortgages had been all 
paid and a large sum remained for claimants. An agent 
was sent to England, but finding the property in chan- 
cery, it was abandoned. 



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The old Leonard mansion in Raynham, built by 
James in 1670, was taken down 1844, it being then in- 
habited by some of the 6th generation. 

Mrs. Abigail Leonard, who died 1844, aged no 
years, lived there. 

Abigail Leonard was the wife of Zephaniah Leon- 
ard. He and his son, Horatio, were High Sheriff of 
Bristol county, 60 years in succession, being appointed 
b}' the Governor in 1808-9. 

Josiah S. Copeland was a youth in this house. The 
family were Zephaniah and wife Abagail, Horatio, Zeph 
Jr., William and a daughter. 

William Bain, deceased, of Marion, Ohio, and J. S. 
Copeland have conversed together about this house and 
iron works. Bain, when a youth, lived near them. 

I have been unable to find any positive record of 
my great grandfather Leonard's paternity, but from the 
well known relationship of Thomas Cobb and our fami- 
1}-, it is believed that he was the son of James Jr., and 
grandson of James Leonard, the founder of the famil}' 
in America. 

Cobb having married Lydia, daughter of James 
Leonard Jr. 

David Cobb, her son, was a man of note; was Lieu- 
tenant Governor of Massachusetts. 

His sister was the wife of Robert Treat Paine, one 
of the signers of the Declaration of American Independ- 
ence, and Chief Justice of the state of Massachusetts. 



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His son R. T. Paine Jr.., was author of the once 
popular sons? of "Adams and Liberty." 

It was likewise well known that the Norton Leon- 
ards, (those living in Norton) descendants from Thomas, 
son of James, were relatives of our branch of the Leon- 
ard family. 

In an old cemetery in Easton, is my great grand- 
father's resting place. The inscription on his grave 
stone is: 

Sacred to The Memory of 

Captain Eliphalet Leonard 

Who died 1786, aged 85 years. 

"He was so just, men put their trusts in him for 

years to come. We hope that God will him reward, 

now he has called him home." 

B}' his side lies his wife. 

vSacred to The Memory of 

Ruth, Wife of Capt. Eliphalet Leonard 

Died April 11, 1786, aged 82 years. 

"Here let her rest in precious dust, till God to 
glory call the just." 

His son Eliphalet, married Silence Howard. They 
had two daughters and four sons, my mother the eldest. 

Jonathan married Elizabeth Blackman, settled in 
Canton, Mass., and together with Adam Kinsley, (a 
descendant of Richard Williams,) who married his sis- 
ter, Sarah Leonard, carried on for near half a century. 



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those extensive iron works known throughout New Eng- 
land as Leonard & Kinsley's. 

He was a self-educated man, remarkable for his in- 
telligence and acquirements. His beautiful residence 
was the resort of the first literary men of Boston, as well 
as many others who claimed the hospitality so well 
known to be found there. 

He had a large and talented family. None I be- 
lieve are at present living. 

His eldest daughter married Daniel Dana, and they 
settled in New Orleans, La., in 1812, and he was for 
a while mayor of the city. 

During the latter part of my uncle's life, his eldest 
son returned from the Galena lead mines, and being 
shown a piece of rock dug up on his farm, his son said 
it was the cap of a lead or coal mine. It being on my 
uncle's farm, he quit all other business, and spent a 
fortune digging for lead. Some lead was found, but not 
enough to pay. This with other heavy losses during 
the war of 181 2-15, reduced him to poverty. His daugh- 
ter, Mrs. Dana, sent for them. My uncle and aunt, with 
one unmarried son and daughter, went to New Orleans. 

My uncle went 40 miles from the city to avoid the 
cholera, and then died with it. 

My aunt and her son, Mr. and Mrs. Dana, Miss 
Dana and Mrs. Flagg (my cousin,) and her four child- 
ren lie buried there. 

My uncle, Eliphalet, settled in Vermont. Don't 



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know his heirs. 

Asaph settled in Maine. 

Alpheus settled in Americas, N. Y., was a physician. 
Had a son Henry, who many years since resided in the 
City of New York, as an attorney. 

My mother died in Easton, Januar}- 7, 1837, in her 
80th year. 

My o^randfather Leonard died in Canton, October 
27, 1805, aged 75 years. 

My aunt Kinsley died in her 45th year. She left 
six children. 

Adam died many years since, and left a large family. 

Sarah Kinsley married James Dunbar. She had 
two children, Mary and John. 

Alfred, now deceased, married Ann Copeland, and 
has three children. 

Leonard single. 

Lyman married and has one son and one daughter. 

Mira married Richard Ilickson. She is now a 
widow with three children. 

My aunt Kinsley was one of earth's angels. From 
my childhood I loved her, and held her in the highest 
reverence. Her mantle seems to have fallen on her 
daughter Sarah. 

James Dunbar, of Canton, died April 19, 1867, 
aged 80 years. 

Sarah his wife, died September ist, 1867, aged 73 
years. 



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COPELAND 

Lawrence Copeland born in 1589, the reign of our 
gracious sovereign, Queen Elizabeth, of blessed memory. 
Died December 30, 1699, aged iio. He was 31 years 
old at the first landing of the Pilgrims in America; was 
an early and prominent member thereof. By tradition 
their records are now extant, and covered 200 years, 
and upon none of that name at that period, had ever 
been served with process of law, imprisoned for crime, 
debt, or other misdemeanor. Braintree, Mass. Records. 

COPELAND 

Lawrence Copeland and Lydia Townsend were 
married in Boston, Mass., October 12, 165 1, by Rev. 
Mr. Hibbins. The children were: 

Thomas, born 1654. 

William, born 1656. 

John, born 1658. 

Ephriam, born 1665. 

Also live daughters. 

Lawrence died 1699 said to be no years old. 

Mis wife Lydia died 1688. 

William, second son of Lawrence, married Mary, 
daughter of John and Ruth Bass, 1694. 

Ruth Bass was a daughter of John Alden the Pil- 
grim. 



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Their children were WilHani, Ephraim, Ebenezer, 
Jonathan, David, Joseph, Benjamin, Moses and Mary. 

His son Joseph married and was the father of twelve 
children, whose united ages at their death were 1032 
years, being an average of 86 years each. 

Jonathan, fourth son of William and grandson of 
Lawrence, married Bett}-, daughter of Thomas Snell, 
Jr., 1723, and settled^ in West Bridgewater. Their 
children were: 

Abigail, born 1724, married George Howard 1745. 
Betty, born in 1726, died. 

Jonathan, born 1728, married Mehitabel Dunbar, 

1754- 

Mary, born 1731, married Benjamin Gannett, 1750. 

Joseph, born 1734, married Rebecca Hooper, 1760. 

Hannah, born 1737, married Jonathan Kingm.nn, 

1759- 

Elijah, born 1739, grandfather of J. S. Copeland. 

Daniel, born 1741, married Susanna Ames, 1764. 

Sarah, born 1745, married David Keith, 1769. 

Ebenezer, born 1746, married Abb}- Godfrey, 1770. 

Betty, born 1750, married Clifford Belcher, 1770. 

Their father died September 11, 1790, aged c)o 
years, leaving 175 descendants, of whom 144 were then 
living. 

Elijah, third son of Jonathan and grandson of Wil- 
liam, married Rhoda, daughter of Josiah Snell, 1765, and 



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settled in Easton, Mass. Their children were: 

Ehjah, born August 7, 1766, father of J. S. Cope- 
land, died 1848, RCTQc] 82. 

Josiah, born October 13, 1768, died 1852, aged 84. 

Luther, born September 17, 1770. 

Daughter died. 

Calvin, born March ir, 1776. 

Rhoda, born March 18, 1778. 

Abigail, born June 10, 1781. Married James Guild, 
June i6th, 1803, 

Martin, born Januar}- 16, 1784. 

Polly, born September 5, 1786. 

Elijah, (3rd son of Jonathan,) died September 8th, 
18 1 7, aged 78. 

Rhoda his wife, died October 5th, 1825, aged 82 
years. 

They are both interred in the Elijah Copeland 
grave-yard, Easton, Mass., also the wife of Martin Cope- 
land, who died in 1835 and her child. 

The Elijah Copeland grave yard contains only four 
graves and is situated south of the Old Copeland place 
on the Bay-road, just opposite the end of Beaver street 
and some distance from the road. This burying ground 
is but twenty feet square and is enclosed by chains 
stretched from eight stone posts. 

Elijah Copeland saw service in the Revolutionary 
war as a soldier, having enlisted at Easton, Mass. 

Easton Town Treasurer's First Book P. 98. 



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State Archives, Revolutionary Rolls, Vol. ii P. 140. 

State Archives, Revolutionary Rolls, Vol. 11 P. 142. 

State Archives, Revolutionar}- Rolls, Vol. i P. 160. 

State Archives, Revolutionary Rolls, Vol. 11. P. 135. 

Benjamin Gannett, son of Benjamin and Mary (Cope- 
land) Gannett, married Deborah Sampson, the female 
soldier who fought in the Revolution under the name of 
Robert Shurtliff. 

Josiah, second son of Elijah, married Susanna 
Howard, and their children were Horatio, Susanna and 
Hiram. 

Luther, third son of Elijah, went to Vermont. 

Elijah, eldest son of Elijah, and grandson of Jona- 
than, married Irene, daughter of Elijah and Keziah 
Howard, of Easton, 1787. Died 1848, aged 82; his wife 
died June 29, 1848, aged 77. Their children were: 

Sophia, born 1788. 

Josiah Snell, born November 2, 1793. 

Alvin, born April 24, 1797, died Tuesday, March 6, 
1883. 

Sophia married Samuel Wilbur, of Raynham, in 
1811. 

Alvin married Cyntha Britton, 1820, and settled in 
Warren. Their children were Lucinda, Sophia Irene, 
Ellen and Adalaide. 

Sophia Irene married John Bosworth. 

Ellen married Britton. 

Adalaide wasjohn Bosworth's second wife. 



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Josiah Snell, (eldest snn of Elijah and Irene Cope- 
land, and grandson of E)lijah and Rhoda Copeland,) born 
November 2, 1793, married Katharine, (dauohter of 
Doctor Samuel and Katharine Guild,) of Easton, Mass., 
on August 27, 1818. The}' settled in Baltimore county, 
Maryland, where they had 

Guild, born July 4, 1821. 

Earl Percy, born October 20, 1824. 

In 1826 they went to Zanesville, Ohio, where the}" 
had Howard, born May 13, 1828. 

Katharine Leonard, born October 30, 1830. 

Elijah, born March 25, 1833. 

Josiah, born November 29, 1836, died March 2, 1837. 
Buried at Zanesville, Ohio. 

Josiah Edwin, born March 9, 1838, died June 21 
1838. Buried at Zanesville, Ohio. 

Arthur Corwin, born December 22, i84r. 

In 1844 they went to Marion, Marion county, Ohio. 

Josiah Snell Copeland died July 17, 1870, aged 76 
years, 8 months and 15 days, and is buried at Marion, 
Ohio. 

The deceased was in the military service of the U. 
S. in the war with England declared in 1812; was on the 
committee of citizens from Baltimore to receive General 
LaFayette on his visit to this country in 1824; was a 
member of the Ohio legislature in 1848. His wife died 
April 8, 1868, aged 70 years, 5 months and 24 days, and 
is buried at Marion, Ohio. 



—2 3— 

Guild Copeland married Corrilla A., only daughter 
of Henry and Phebe Peters, February 20, 1849, settled 
in Kenton, Ohio, where she died August 30, 1850, and 
is buried at Upper Sandusky, Ohio. Left no children. 

For his second wife he married Eliza Jane, born 
May 7 St, 1834, dauohter of Judge Mathew W. Foster, 
at Evansville, Indiana, January 20, 1857. They now 
reside at Passaic, N.J. Tiieir children are: 

Foster, born at Flvansville, Ind., March 9, 1858. 
Now resides at Columbus, Ohio. 

Henry H., born at Evansville, Ind., June 13, i860. 

resides at Rutherford, N.J. 

Guild Anderson, born at Evansville, Ind., Decem- 
ber 2, 1862. 

Parke, born at Walnut Hill (a suburb of Cincin- 
nati, Ohio,) February 9, 1866, died March 7, 1875, and 
buried in Greenwood, Brooklyn, N. Y. 

Katharine Leonard, born at Brooklyn, N. Y., August 
7, 1871, and died January 2 i, 1874, and buried in Green- 
wood, Brooklyn, N. Y. 

Sarah Foster, born July 15, ^875, at Brookhn, 
N. Y. 

Guild died at Passaic, N. |. April 14th, 1891 ot 

cancer of stomach and is buried in Greenwood cemetery, 
Brooklyn, N. Y., aged 69 years, 9 months, 10 days. 

Eliza J. Widow of (juild, died at Columbus, Ohio, 
Tuesday, Februar}' 21. 1905, interment in (jreenwood 
cemetery N. Y., aged 70 years, 9 months, 20 days. 

Pleart trouble cause of death. 



—24— 

Foster Copeland, eldest son of Guild and KVv/.n ]. 
Copeiand, married Martha Hoge, daughter of Mr. and 
Mrs. Alfred Thomas, January 26, (Thursday) 1893, at 
Columbus, Ohio. 

Their children were: 

Alfred Thomas, born Februar}' 3rd, 1894, Colum- 
bus, Ohio. 

Eleanor Foster, born Januar}' 8th, 1896, Columbus' 
Ohio. 

Martha Hoge, born Friday, August 4th, 1899, at 
Marblehead, Mass. 

Foster Jr., born May 15th, 1904, at Columbus, 
Ohio. 



—25— 

Alfred Thomas Copeland — Eldest son of Foster 
and Martha Hoge Copeland and grandson of Guild and 
Eliza J. Copeland. 



— 26— 

Eleanor Foster Copeland — Eldest daui]jhter of Fos- 
ter and Martha H. Copeland and grand-dau^^hter of 
Guild and Eliza J. Copeland. 



-27— 



Martha Hoge Copeland — ^Second daughter of Fos- 
ter and Martha H. Copehmd and grand-daughter of 
Guild and EHza J. Copeland. 



— 28- 



Foster Copeland Jr. — Second son of booster and 
Martha II. Copeland and grand-son of Guild and Eliza 
J. Copeland. 



—29— 

Henry Howard Copehuid, second son of Guild and 
Eliza ]. L'opeland, married Minnie H. Breniner, dau<j^h- 
ter of Mrs. S. Bremner, November i8th, 18CS5, at Pas- 
saic, N.J. Their children were: 

Katharine Leonard, born November 20th, 1888 

Marjory Bremner, born July 16, 1S90. 

Henry Howard, Jr., born July 4th, 1892. 

They were all born at Rutherford, N.J. 

Their father, Henry Howard, died Sunday, June 5, 
1904, aged 43 years, 11 months, 22 days. Interment at 
Rutherford, N.J. 

Minnie H. — wife of Henry Howard Copeland, died 
March i6th, 1905, at Sharon, Mass. Interment at 
Rutherford, N.J. 



— 30— 



Katharine Leonard Copeland — Eldest daughter of 
Henry H. and Minnie H. Copeland and grand-daughter 
of Guild and Eliza J. Copeland. 



—Si- 
Marjory Bremner Copeland — Second daui^hter of 
Henry H. and Minnie H. Copeland and ^rand-daugliter 
ot Guild and Eliza J. Copeland. 



Henry Howard Copeland Jr. — Eldest son of Henry 
H. and Minnie H. Copeland and f^rand-son of Guild and 
Eliza J. Copeland. 



—33— 

Guild Anderson Copeland, third son of Guild and 
Eliza J. Copeland, married Amelia Louise Petiit, of 
Washington, D. C, April 30th, 1885. 

Their only child Mable was born at El Paso, Texas, 
September 19th, 1887. 

He got a divorce and the wife kept the daughter. 

He married for his second wife, Mable Ray Stark- 
weather, April 8, 1 89 1. She was a daughter of General 
Starkweather, of Detroit, Michigan. 

She died Friday, April 19, 1901. Interment at 
Sharon, Mass. No children. 

• He married for his third wife Miss Jennie S. Hill, 
SaU^rday, June 20, 1903, at Sharon, Mass. 



—34— 

Mable Copeland — Only daughter of Guild A. and 
Amelia Louise Copeland and grand-daughter of Guild 
and Eliza J. Copeland. 



—35— 

Sarah Foster Copeland — Second daughter of Guild 
and EHza Jane Copeland and grand-daughter of Josiah 
S. Copeland. 



Earl Percy Copelaiid married Olive Princess Hen- 
rietta Norton, only daughter of Doctor Alson and Olive 
Norton, January 19, 1848, at Big Island, Marion county, 
Ohio. Their children are: 

Alice, born at Carey, Ohio, October 26, 1848, and 
died at Bellfontain, Ohio, December 9, 1864, and buried 
at Marion, Ohio. 

Corrilla, born at Carey, Ohio, April 14, 1851. 

Olive Katharine, born at Marion, Ohio, April 8, 
i8t^6, and died May 15, 1856, buried at Marion, Ohio. 

May, born at Marion, Ohio, May 20, 1857. 

Laura, born at Marion, Ohio, June 14, 1861. 

Edith, born at Bellefontain, Ohio, July 29, 1865. 

Leila Norton, born at Bellefontain, Ohio, July 22, 
1867. 

Olive P. II., wife of Earl P. Copeland, died at 
Rochester, Ind., Tuesday, October 26th, 1886, inter- 
ment at Marion, Ohio. 

Their father. Earl P. Copeland, died at Rochester, 
Ind., April 20, 1899, aged 74 years, 6 months. Inter- 
ment at Marion, Ohio. 



—37— 

Corrilla Copeland, second daughter of Earl P. and 
O. P. H. Copeland, married Evan Lewis, son of Thomas 
M. and Susannah W. Lewis, May 9tl», 187 i, at Chari- 
ton, Iowa. Their children are: 

Percy Copeland, born March 25, 1872, at Chariton, 
Iowa, died July 31st, 1872. Interment at Chariton, 
Iowa. 

Elijah H., horn August 7, 1873, Chariton, Iowa. 

Charles B., born August 20, 1876, Chariton, Iowa. 

Harry Norton, born July 4, 1879, Chariton, Iowa. 

Hettie Olive, born September 23, 1885, Chariton, 
Iowa. 

Their mother, Corrilla, died at Chariton, Iowa, Sat- 
urday, August 26th, 1899, aged 48 years, 4 months, 12 
days. Interment Chariton, Iowa. 

Cause of death, Tuberculosis. 



-38- 

Elijah H. Lewis — Second son of Evan and Corrilla 
C. Lewis and grandson of Earl P. and O. P. H. Cope- 
land. 



—39— 

Charles B. Lewis — Third son of Evan and Corrilla 
C. Lewis and grandson of Earl P. and O. P. 11. Cope- 
land. 



— 40— 

Harry Norton Lewis — Fourth son of Evan and 
Corrilla C. Lewis and orrandson of Earl P. and O. P. U. 
Copeland. 



—41— 

Hettie Olive Lewis — Only daughter of Evan and 
Corrilla C. Lewis and grand-daughter of Earl P. and O. 
P. H. Copeland. Married Mortimer E. Wilson, Wed- 
nesday, November 23, 1904, at Chariton, Iowa. Their 
children are: 

Mortimer, born Wednesday, January 10th, 1906, at 
Lincoln, Neb. 



—42— 

Mortimer Wilson — Eldest son of Mortimer E. and 
Hettie O. Wilson and grandson of Evan and Corrilla C. 
Lewis and great-grandson of Earl P. and O. P. II. Cope- 
land. 



—43— 

May Copeland, third daughter of Earl P. and O. 
P. H. Copeland, married H. VV. Lee Russell, son of 
Rev. Joseph A. and Sarah P. Russell, June 12th, 1882, 
at Rochester, Ind. Their children are: 

Edith May, born Monday, December 15, 1884, at 
Creston, Iowa. 



—44— 

Edith Russell — Only daiit^htcr of II. W. Lee and 
May C. Russell and i;rand-daughter of Earl P. and O. 
P. II. Copeland. 



—45— 

Laura Copeland, rifth daiii^hter of Earl P. and Olive 
P. H. Copeland, married John Richard Watts, son of 
jMrs. Mary Frances Watts, January 6th, 1885, at Roches- 
ter, Ind. Rev. J. C. Reed officiating. Their children 
are: 

Georgia L., born December 23rd, 1885, Atlanta, Ga. 

Frances Louise, born January 3rd, 1887, Atlanta, Ga. 

Edith Olive, born March 28, 18S9, Union Point, Ga. 

Princess Irene, born September 7, 1891, Atlanta, Ga. 

John Richard, Jr., born May 20, 1894, Atlanta, Ga. 



-46- 

Georgia L. Watts — Eldest daughter of John R. 
and Laura C. Watts and grand-daughter of Earl P. and 
O. P. li. Copeland. 



—47— 

Frances Louise Watts — ^Second daui^hter of John 
R. and Laura C. Watts and grand-daughter of Earl P. 
and O. P. H. Copeland. 



-48- 

Edith Olive Watts — Third daughter of John R. 
and Laura C. Watts and grand-daughter of Earl P. and 
O. P. II. Copeland. 



—49— 

Princess Irene Watts — Fourth daughter of John R. 
and Laura C. Watts and grand-daughter of Earl P. and 
O. P. H. Copeland. 



— 50— 

John Richard Watts, Jr. — Only son of John R. and 
Laura C. Watts and grand-son of Earl P. and O. P. II. 
Copeland. 



—Si- 
Edith Copeland, sixth daughter of Earl P. and O. 
P. H. Copeland, married Harry K. Hollaway, son of 
Mrs. Margaret Carlisle and Richard Hollaway, March 
26th, 1889, at Rochester, Ind. Rev. J. H. Wilson offi- 
ciating. 



—52— 

Leila Norton Copeland, seventh daui^hter of Earl 
P. and O. P. H. Copeland, married Omar Bishop Smith, 
eldest son of Jerry H. and A. M. Smith, December 29th, 
1891, at Rochester, Ind. Rev. Dr. Tucker officiatincr. 
Their children are: 

Gerald Percy, born 28th September, 1892, Roches- 
ter, Ind. 

Genevieve, born 14th March, 1896, Rochester, Ind. 



—53— 

Gerald Percy Smith — Only son of Omar B. and 
Leila N. Smith and grand-son of Earl P. and O. P. H. 
Copeland. 



—54— 

Genevieve Smith — Only daughter of Omar B. and 
Leila N. Smith and grand-daughter of Earl P. and O. 
P. H. Copeland. 



—55— 

Howard Copeland was married to Sarah Catharine 
Flohnes Darlington, (generally spelled by this family 
"Darlinton,") only daughter of Carey Allen and Kliza 
(Holmes) Darlington, at Marion, Ohio, November i i, 
1852, by Rev. Henry Van Deman, of Delaware, Ohio. 
Their children are: 

Howard Darlington, born August 19, 1853, at 
Marion, Ohio. 

Josiah Carey, born September 19, 1855, at Kenton, 
Ohio. 

Arthur Percy, born September 27, 1858, at Shacko- 
pee, Minnesota. 

George Doddridge, born December 14, i860, at 
Marion, Ohio. 

Henry Guild, born February 19, 1862, at Marion, 

Ohio. 

Their father, Howard Copeland, died at Marion, 
Ohio, Tuesday, December 2nd, 1884, aged 56 years, 6 
months, 19 days. Interment at Marion, Ohio. 

Their mother, Sarah C. H. Copeland, widow of 
Howard, died at Marion, Ohio, Wednesday, August 16, 
1893, aged 63 years, 5 months, 15 days. Interment at 
Marion, Ohio. 

She was born at Newark, Ohio, March 2nd, 1830. 
Her mother was a daughter of Alexander Holmes and 
he, with Eber Baker, platted the site of Marion, Ohio. 



-56- 

Howard Dprlington Copeland, eldest son of Howard, 
married Carrie Eui^enia, only daughter of James B. and 
Susannah M. Custer, January 25, 1877, at Chariton, 
Iowa, where they now reside. Their children are: 

Sue Darlington, born June 28, 1878, at Chariton, 
Iowa. 

Howard, born Sunday, March 22nd, 1885, at Chari- 
ton, Iowa. 



I 



—57— 

Sue Darlington Copeland — Only daughter of How- 
ard D. and Carrie E. Copeland and grand-daughter of 
Howard and Sarah C. H. Copeland, married Dr. Charles 
Maples Whicher, son of Samuel Morris and Florence 
Ruth Maples Whicher, Wednesday, June i8th, 1902, at 
Chariton, Iowa. 



-58- 

Howard Copeland — Only son of Howard D. and 
Carrie E. Copeland and grand-son of Howard and Sarah 
C. H. Copeland. 



—59— 

Josiah Carey Copeland, second son of Howard and 
S. C. FI. Copeland was married Thursday, November 
26th, 1896, to Mrs. Anna Gibbon McCollou^^h, daughter 
of Dr. W. H. and Laura R. Gibbon and widow of Ralph 
McCollough, and the mother of Clement G., Dorothy 
and Henry F. McCollough. Their children are: 

Lawrence Gibbon, born Sunday, January 9, 1898. 

Anna Laura, born Wednesday, July 25, 1900. 

Katharine Godman, born Tuesday, September 23, 
1902. 



t 



-6o- 



Lawrence Gibbon Copeland— Eldest son of Josiah 
C. and Anna Gibbon Copeland and grand-son ot Howard 
and Sarah C. H. Copeland. 



— 6i— 

Anna Laura Copeland — Eldest daughter of Josiah 
C. and Anna Gibbon Copeland and grand-daughter of 
Howard and Sarah C. H. Copeland. 



—62 — 

Katharine Godman Copeland — Second daughter of 
Josiah C. and Anna Gibbon Copeland and grand-daugh- 
ter of Howard and Sarah C. H. Copeland. 



-63- 

Arthur Percy Copeland, third son of Howard and 
S. C. H. Copeland, married Mary, daughter of Luther 
and Lydia A. (McWhorter) Bolen, at Lima, Ohio, April 
19th, 1894. Their children are: 

Arthur George, born July 15th, 1896, Chicago, 111. 

Ruth, born August 28, 1898, Chicago, 111. 

Mary, wife of Arthur P. died at Rochester, Ind., 
Wednesday, April 27th, 1904. Interment at Marion, 
Ohio. 



-64- 

Arthur George Copeland — Only son of Arthur P. 
and Mary Bolen Copeland and grand-son of Howard 
and Sarah C. H. Copeland. 



-65- 

Ruth Copeland — Only daughter of Arthur P. and 
Mary Bolen Copeland and grand-daughter of Howard 
and Sarah C. H. Copeland. 



I 



—66— 

George Doddridfije Copeland, fourth son of Howard 
and S. C. H. Copeland, married Katharine, dau^^hter of 
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel H. Bartram, at Marion, Ohio, 
Wednesday, June 5th, 18S9. Their children are: 

Alice Katharine, born October 4th, 1896, Marion, 
Ohio. 








-67- 

Alice Katharine Copeland — Only daughter of 
George D. and Katharine Copeland and grand-daughter 
of Howard and Sarah C. H. Copeland. 



—68— 

Ilenr}' Guild Copeland, fifth son of Howard and S. 
C. H. Copeland, married Eva Elizabeth, daughter of 
Mrs. Elizabeth Kise, at Marion, Ohio, Wednesday, Sep- 
tember 14, 1887. Their children are: 

Gladys Kise, born November 11, 1889, Marion, 
Ohio. 

Henry Guild Jr., born March 16, 1892, Marion, 
Ohio. 

Their father, Henry Guild Copeland, died Saturday, 
July 22nd, 1893, aged 31 years, 5 months, 3 days. In- 
terment Marion, Ohio. 



-69- 

Gladys Kise Copeland — Only daughter of Henry 
Guild and Eva E. Copeland and grand-daughter of How- 
ard and Sarah C. H. Copeland. 



■o- 



Henry Guild Copeland Jr. — Only son of Henry G. 
and Eva E. Copeland and grand-son of Howard and 
Sarah C. H. Copeland. 



Katharine Leonard Copeland married Henry Clay 
Godman, son of James H. and Ann Godman, September 
28, 1 85 2, at Marion, Ohio. Their children were: 

James Copeland, born December 14, 1853, at 
Marion, Ohio. 

Willie Guild, born February 20, 1855, and died 
August 3, i860. 

Anna Katharine, born_October 31, 1858, and died 
November 23, i860. 

Alice, born December 9, 1863, and died December 
22, 1877. 

Katharine Leonard, wife of Henry C. Godman, died 
at Columbus, Ohio, Thursday, February 14, 1901. All 
interments at Marion, Ohio. 

Henry C. Godman married for his second wife 
Corra G. Flora, Wednesday, July ist, 1903, at Colum- 
bus, Ohio. 

James Copeland, eldest son of Henry C. Godman, 
married Mrs. May Thrift Gould, daughter of T. Burr 
Thrift, of Lansing, Michigan, December 7, 1882. 

His wife died Thursday, September 22nd, 1887, at 
Columbus, Ohio. Interment at Marion, Ohio. 

James Copeland Godman died Sunday, October 
2ist, 1888, at Columbus, Ohio. Interment at Marion, 
Ohio. 

Left no children. 



— 72 — 

Elijah Copeland married Lydia Amanda Eaker, 
daughter of Charles and Mar}' Anderson Baker, at 
Marion, Ohio, on November 20, 1856. Their children 
were: 

Mary Katharine, born Sunday, October 18, 1857, 
at Evansville, Indiana, and died at Walnut Hills, Ohio, 
Sunday, November 19, 1865, buried at Marion, Ohio. 

Irene Howard, born at Marion. Ohio, Thursday, 
January 12, i860, died at Walnut Hills, Ohio, Tuesday, 
November 7, 1865, buried at Marion, Ohio. 

Elijah Percy, born at Evansville, Indiana, Tuesday, 
October 21, 1862. 

Eloise Amanda, born at Walnut Hills, Ohio, Tues- 
day, December i), 1866. 

Anna Lucetta, born at Omaha, Neb., Friday, 
August 20, 1869, and died at Chariton, Iowa, January 
12, 1875, buried at Marion, Ohio. 

Charles Baker, born at Chariton, Iowa, November 
6, 1878. 



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—73— 

Elijah Percy Copeland, eldest son of Elijah and 
Lydia A. Copeland, married Lula Alice, daughter of 
Ephraini W. and Sarah M. Addis Smith, at Omaha, 
Neb., May 23, 1888. Their children are: 

Alice, born Saturday, April 16, 1892, at Paulding, 
Ohio. 

Grace, born Friday, September 28th, 1894, at 
Paulding, Ohio. 

Margaret Eloise, born Monday, October 31st, 1904, 
at Paulding, Ohio. 



—74— 

Alice Copeland — Eldest daughter of Elijah P. and 
Lula A. Copeland and grand-daughter of Elijah and 
Lydia A. Copeland. 



—75— 

Grace Copeland— Second daughter of Elijah P. and 
Lula A. Copeland and grand-daughter of Elijah and 
Lydia A. Copeland. 



-76- 

Margaret Eloise Copeland — Third daughter of 
Ehjah P. and Lula A. Copeland and grand-daughter of 
EHjah and Lydia A. Copeland. 



—77— 

Eloise Amanda Copeland, daughter of Elijah and 
Lydia A. Copeland and grand-daughter of Josiah S. and 
Katharine Copeland. 



-78- 

Charles Baker Copeland — Second son of Elijah and 
Lydia A. Copeland and grand-son of Josiah S. and 
Katharine Copeland. 



—79— 

Arthur Corwin Copeland, youngest son of Josiah 
Snell and Catharine Guild Copeland, was born at Zanes- 
ville, Ohio, on the 22nd day of December, 1841, and 
died at Rochester, Indiana, December 25, 1904. 

At the age of two years he removed with his par- 
ents to Marion, Ohio, where he grew to manhood. 
Here he obtained a common school education and laid 
the foundation for the lars^e fortune he afterward ac- 
cumulated, first as school teacher, then telegraph 
operator, then as clerk. With the money saved from 
these sources he established the Rochester Bank, and 
for almost forty years he gave to this institution his un- 
divided attention, gaining the confidence and respect of 
the entire community until "honest as old Cope" be- 
came a by-word in the county. 

No call on him was ever made by one of his patrons 
too early in the morning or too late at night to get a 
cheerful and ready response, often arising from his bed 
at midnight and going to the bank to serve a customer. 
He was an indefatigable worker and never had any 
"banking hours." 

As a token of the regard in which he was held by 
his townsmen he was twice elected to the state legis- 
lature, in which capacity he served the people of his 
county for four years. 

He never married, and all his affections appeared 
to center in his immediate relatives, and wliilc naturall\- 



—So- 
suspicious of mankind in general he always felt that any 
person to whom he was related could do no wron(i^. As 
his fortune accumulated and grew under his fostering 
care, he always spoke and acted as though the entire 
estate was the property of his natural heirs and that he 
only held the same in trust for them and spoke of it as 
the family money, and while possessing a large estate, 
lived a very simple and frugal life, in hope that his prop- 
erty might be a blessing to his nieces and nephews when 
he should be called away. A few days before his death 
he asked the writer not to allow any great amount to be 
expended for his funeral, as it could do him no good 
and that it might better be used for the benefit of some 
of his relatives. 

At his request his body was laid to rest in the fami- 
ly lot in the Marion, Ohio, cemetery, beside his father, 
mother, brothers and sister,who had preceded him "there 
to rest until the last trump shall sound," but his memory 
shall forever be held in kind remembrance by all to 
whom his virtues were known. 



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